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Donald Trump donated to Kamala Harris' campaigns twice while he was a private citizen, records show (www.businessinsider.com)

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Donald Trump contributed $6,000 to Kamala Harris when she ran for California attorney general.
Trump donated $5,000 to her 2011 campaign and $1,000 in 2013 as a private citizen.
Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday and endorsed Kamala to replace him.

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 344 points 5 months ago

People forget that Trump wasn't a Republican until like 2012. The only reason he ran Republican was that someone convinced him that was the only way he'd ever win. Remember, winning at all costs is literally the only thing Donald Trump cares about.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 174 points 5 months ago

Honestly, he's never been a Democrat or a Republican. Even now, if you go by what the Republican party was before he took it over. He's always been a Trumpist, nothing more and nothing less. He cares solely, without exception, for one thing: Donald Trump.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

Absolutely true but he will give these fucks what they want in exchange for adoration

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Will he actually, though? Or just say he will?

I think the only way that could happen is if it just happened to be something he wanted.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

I read that the project 2025 people were ecstatic since he delivered on like 75% (or more?) of their policy goals for his first term. Roe v Wade wasn't an accident, for example

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a modern Republican.

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Hey! That's not true!!! You need to be fair here.

........he also loves Mcdonalds.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I think he loves all hamberders equally

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 52 points 5 months ago

i'm skeptical. but i think i'll enjoy spending the next 3 months thinking about republicans flying into a blind frothing rage over losing to a black woman

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Oh my god, if we think Obama sent them into a fury. Buckle up folks.

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

That's not entirely true, his turn to republicans was a little sooner. Trump was the "Long Form Birth Certificate" guy all during the Obama years.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 5 months ago

Until the democrats choose a black person as candidate.

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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 136 points 5 months ago

Side note: He's a private citizen right now.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 43 points 5 months ago

with immunity though.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

I was going to make a "just been revoked" joke, but I suppose someone tried that already.

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[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 100 points 5 months ago

I would love for her ads to end with a line saying, "This message paid for in part by Donald Trump."

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 months ago

God damn it would make him upset.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 70 points 5 months ago

I haven't gotten to do a Riker in a few days. It's like taking off an uncomfortable pair of shoes.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Thank you, I needed that. 😆

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[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago

She's a conservative like most Democratic candidates and Trump used to be a moderate conservative.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Ranked most politically left compared to Senate Democrats

Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Harris’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (1st percentile).

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/kamala_harris/412678/report-card/2020

[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

Yeah, but all Senators in the Republican and Democratic party are right wing. Bernie Sanders is an independent so not included in the "Senate Democrats" label. He is a centrist and thus left of her slightly, but there are no leftists in the Senate. Their scale is just from most to least right leaning and not from left to right for a reason.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago

So true, but you’d be oblivious if all you watch is cable news

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 months ago

In addition to what @riotsoma said below, people also don't like her due to her actions as a prosecutor before she was in the Senate. They equate her with police basically.

I disagree wholeheartedly with how she handled drugs in CA, etc., but let's be clear: prosecutors are not cops. How would a modern society function without them? Truly, this is an open question to all those "Kamala is a cop I'll never vote for her" people.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

i posted that to have a summary but if that's not enough you can just look up her votes. she's mostly pretty good, and her votes include supporting budget cuts to LAPD. criminal justice is still probably her weakest point as she obviously would have bias but it's not as bad as people might assume.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

her votes include supporting budget cuts to LAPD

Any politician willing to suggest budget cuts to the cops is actually pretty brave.

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[-] retrospectology@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is the best response when conspiracy nuts try to talk about the Trump shooter donating to a Dem PAC to prove he wasn't one of their own.

Plus he donated in response to whether or not Dems should pardon Trump.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I think the better response, even if a democrat voter DOES do something like this in the future is "Yeah, ok, but it's your policies that allowed him to get a gun so easily without any mental wellbeing checks, or any gun control. Our policies would have stopped him. Your policies gave him free reign."

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

"Yeah, ok, but it's your policies that allowed him to get a gun so easily without any mental wellbeing checks

That's not an effective argument.

It wasn't his gun, it was his father's, and he took it without the knowledge or permission of the gun's legal owner.

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Stricter storage requirements could have potentially have prevented this. Legally Pennsylvania doesn't have any particular gun storage requirements, had his dad kept tighter control of his gun, perhaps to comply with a law mandating it be locked up and prevent his son from having access to it without his permission, it wouldn't have happened.

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[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

Should they ever meet on stage for a debate she should thank him

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

if they ever meet on stage, trump is cook. an experienced prosecutor going against a convicted felon? good night.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

He should probably drop out of the race.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 45 points 5 months ago

The human race.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

So? This is NOTHING! But Thomas Crooks giving $15 to Democrats PROVES HE WAS ACTUALLY A DEMOCRAT!

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[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

No that wasn’t Trump! He just let them license his name for the donation. He didn’t make that donation! He can’t be held responsible for the things people do in his name! That’s crazy talk!

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[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

Why is this even news? Nobody cared when he donated $100k to the Clinton foundation, nobody cares about this either

[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

I care.

Kamala Harris is such a good candidate even Donald Trump financially supports her.

[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Kamala Harris is corrupt! She’s been taking donations from convicted felons!

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[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

He was using money to try to buy influence just like Epstein used to do because he has long been a creature of the machine. Politically important people get away with things.

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

when you're a star, they let you do it

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

IMO what's interesting about this timing is that in 2011 Trump wasn't yet running for office, but he was at the head of the racist "birther" movement. And, this was months after Obama had made fun of Trump at the White House correspondents dinner.

So, while this isn't GOP presidential-candidate Trump supporting a democrat, it's definitely after Trump started getting involved in politics as an opponent of the democratic president.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

All these gruesome pictures of trump need to be marked NSFW.

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